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Enterprise Application Architecture with .NET Core

By : Ganesan Senthilvel, Adwait Ullal, Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan, Habib Qureshi
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Enterprise Application Architecture with .NET Core

By: Ganesan Senthilvel, Adwait Ullal, Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan, Habib Qureshi

Overview of this book

If you want to design and develop enterprise applications using .NET Core as the development framework and learn about industry-wide best practices and guidelines, then this book is for you. The book starts with a brief introduction to enterprise architecture, which will help you to understand what enterprise architecture is and what the key components are. It will then teach you about the types of patterns and the principles of software development, and explain the various aspects of distributed computing to keep your applications effective and scalable. These chapters act as a catalyst to start the practical implementation, and design and develop applications using different architectural approaches, such as layered architecture, service oriented architecture, microservices and cloud-specific solutions. Gradually, you will learn about the different approaches and models of the Security framework and explore various authentication models and authorization techniques, such as social media-based authentication and safe storage using app secrets. By the end of the book, you will get to know the concepts and usage of the emerging fields, such as DevOps, BigData, architectural practices, and Artificial Intelligence.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

What is ALM?

ALM stands for Application Life Cycle Management. It is an industry-recognized process with a series of activities or steps used to develop a new enterprise application or modify the existing software.

Core aspects

With the core aspects, ALM can be divided into three distinct areas, namely:

  • Governance
  • Development
  • Operations

Let me illustrate the three core aspects with a simple example, that is, the iPhone's launch by Apple.

Governance encompasses all of the decision-making and project management across the entire firm. In our example, Apple runs the iPhone's business from the conceptual idea to the production roll-out of its multiple versions.

Development is defined as the process of creating the actual application. Practically, the development...